God’s Powerful Word

The opening words of the Bible: “In the beginning, God…” and then repeatedly, “And God said….” Here we are at the begining of 2013. We are blessed with another year of God’s grace!  God is at the beginning of it all. He is at the beginning of 2013, too.  And He speaks! He is a God who spoke this very … More God’s Powerful Word

God WITH us!

   Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. —Genesis 48:21 ESV C. H. Spurgeon, in “Faith’s Checkbook” Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but … More God WITH us!

Reassurance from God

So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.”  Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do … More Reassurance from God

Seeing God’s Hand

Sin.  Betrayal.  Evil.  Joseph’s brothers’ evil intentions to kill him shaped his life forever. The consequences from their actions are part of his history.  Joseph doesn’t excuse their behavior or act as if it never happened. BUT he sees God’s hand in his brothers’ treachery. He believes that God was working His purpose out through their sinful … More Seeing God’s Hand

God takes the very sins of the destroyers and makes them the means of the destroyers’ deliverance.

John Piper’s sermon, “The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God” concludes his way: The story of Joseph is the story of a righteous one who is sinned against and suffers so that tribe of Judah would be preserved and a Lion would come forth, and would prove to be a Lamb-like Lion, and … More God takes the very sins of the destroyers and makes them the means of the destroyers’ deliverance.